Lesson 1 of 3 · 8 min

Variables & data types

Variables store values: name = "Ada" or age = 17. Python figures out the type for you.

The core types are text (str), whole numbers (int), decimals (float) and true/false (bool).

Practice

Create variables for your name, age and height, then print them in one sentence.

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